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Have You Considered All That a Satellite Package Can Give You?

April 7th, 2010 by

A package with a satellite company can be so much more than television. When you think of a satellite dish, you probably think first of satellite television. It is natural that this is what most people immediately associate it with. The fact of the matter is that satellite packages are a lot more than great television access. It is true that with satellite TV you have access to hundreds of channels, but there are other great benefits to a satellite dish as well.

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Benefits to Satellite Television

April 7th, 2010 by

There are plenty of benefits which satellite television contains over basic cable TV, and which you’ll want to be aware of, especially in case you are at this time utilizing cable TV and therefore are not sure if or not you should make the switch. Advantages When it comes to the use of Satellite Television, you need to know that many of the features supplied by digital cable Television are also available by satellite TV, only more.
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Discovery’s Ku-band antenna has problems after launch

April 6th, 2010 by

Space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 5 April, 1021 UTC on the STS-131 mission. The launch began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station and the second of five shuttle missions planned for 2010. Problems with the shuttle’s Ku-band antenna are not expected to significantly hamper the mission.
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Ariane 5’s launch with Astra 3B and COMSATBw-2 set for 9 April

April 6th, 2010 by

Arianespace’s upcoming dual payload flight has been rescheduled to 9 April following additional checks performed on the launch vehicle at Europe’s Spaceport.
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Falcon 9 inaugural mission NET 8 May

April 6th, 2010 by

Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. has moved the inaugural flight of its Falcon 9 vehicle to no earlier than 8 May.
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Khrunichev delivers first stage for next KSLV-1 rocket

April 6th, 2010 by

The first stage for South Korea’s KSLV-1, the country’s first locally assembled launch vehicle, has arrived at the country’s launch centre, the government said.
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SES-1 arrives at Baikonur

April 6th, 2010 by

SES World Skies announced that the SES-1 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an Antonov cargo plane.
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COM DEV begins work on Radarsat Constellation Mission design phase

April 6th, 2010 by

COM DEV International Ltd. said it has begun work on the design phase (Phase C) of the Canadian Space Agency’s Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM).
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